Journal of Developing Drugs
Open Access

Microbiological analysis of liquid oral drugs in Lagos state, Nigeria

Joint Event on 14^th International Conference on Generic Drugs and Biosimilars & 9^th Global Experts Meeting on Neuropharmacology

November 15-16, 2018 | Berlin, Germany

Oyebanji E O, Adekunle A A and Coker H A B

University of Lagos, Nigeria

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Dev Drugs

Abstract :

This present study attempts to determine the microbiological quality of liquid preparation used as medication in Lagos State and its environs. 253 different types of oral liquid drugs (200 syrups and 53 suspensions) manufactured in different pharmaceutical industries of Nigeria were microbiologically examined using standard biochemical methods. All the samples tested were not found to be contaminated with fungi. Thirteen percent of the syrups were found to be contaminated with fungi with a maximum load of 103 and 104 while the remaining 87% yielded no growth. The presence of microorganisms in the oral liquid samples might explain the treatment complicacy of the diseased children. Therefore, microbiological quality of such drugs is thus suggested.

Biography :

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